Card-delivery case



1929- V w. H. OSTRANDER ET AL 1,734,644

CARD DELIVERY CASE Filed Feb. 26, 1927 IN VEN TORS. I/V/LL/AM f1 OSTQA/VDEE GEO/9G5 5. WHITE A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 5, 1929 WILLIAM H. OSTRANDER AND GEORGE E. WH I'IE, F SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA CARD-DELIVERY cAsE Application filed February 26, 1927.

Our invention relates to card cases, more particularly to calling or business card cases, and the objects of our invention are: first, to provide a device of this class which will 5, select and deliver a single card at a time without opening the case; second, to provide a device of this class which can be operated with one hand and delivers cards consecutively one at a time; third, to provide a de vice of this class which holds a number of cards; fourth, to provide a device of thisclass which is easy to refill; fifth, to provide a device of this class which protects cards and keeps them from becoming soiled; sixth, to

provide a device of this class which is economical of construction, thereby adapted to be used as an advertising means, and seventh, to provide a device of this class which is simple in construction, compact, neat in appear- 9 ance, and whichswill not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, our invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andto the charac- 9 ters of reference thereon, which form apart of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our call ing card case with one card extending part way out of the case; 2 is a top orplan view of our card case; Fig. 3 is a side elevational'view thereof; Fig. 4 is an end View thereof, showing the means for holding the cards and delivering one card at a time; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of our calling card case, through 55 of Fig. 2, showing some of the parts and portions in elevation to facilitate the illustration, and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view thereof, through 66 of Fig. 5, showing some of the parts and 5 portions in elevation to facilitate the illustration.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings.

9 The card container 1, the card container Serial No. 171,107.

cover 2, the card positioning member 8, and the card delivery member 4, constitute the principal parts and portions of our card case.

The card case 1 is preferably rectangular in shape withdownwardly extending flanges 1 on its side'and another downwardly extending flange l at its rear end portion, The card case cover 2 closes the lower or open" side of the card case and is provided with upwardly extending flanges 2 at its side and another upwardly extending flange 2 at its rear end portion. The flanges 2 and 2 fit over the flanges 1? and 1, respectively. The side flange members 2 are provided with small, outwardlyextending lugs 2, the inner sides of which fit over the outer portions of similar outwardly extending lugs 1 situated on the side flange portions 1*, thus providing spring means for quickly separating the cover member from the card case member when it is so desired. The forward end of the card case cover opposite the end 2 is provided with a flange 2 which is curved at its upper edge, being considerably higher at its central portion than at its outside portion. lhe highest portion of the flange 2 extends upwardly until only a space for one card is left between it and the lower side of the unflanged edge 1 of the card easel, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. Secured tothe rear bottom portion of the card case cover is a leaf spring 3, which exten ds upwardly and toward the forward end of the card case cover, as shown best in Fig. 5 of the drawings. On the upper rectangular portion of the card case is a raised portion 1 which forms a recess portion on the inner under surface of the card case 1. Said raised portion 1 is centered on the rectangular portion of the card case 1 and extends longitudinally therewith and is provided with a slot- 1 centered on and extending lengthwise with it. Slidably mounted in the slot lis a card delivery means 4. Said delivery means is provided with a shanke mounted in the slot 1 and extending on both sides thereof. At the one end is rigidly secured a button member 4 and on the other end thereof is secured a flat, square, card delivery member l adapted to lit in the recess.

portion on the under surface of the card case 1. On the under surface of this flat, square, delivery portion a are small, sharp, downwardly extending lugs P, which engage the upper card positioned within the card case. Between the button and the upper surface of the raised portion 1 is a spring, preferably leaf spring, 4. This spring 4' tends to hold the button away from the raised portion 1 and tends to hold the delivery member 4 within the recess portion of the under surface of the card case 1. The flat leaf spring 3, secured to the card case cover 2, holds the forward end of the card against the under surface of the card case 1, thereby placing the upper card in alinement with the hole between the edge 1 and the upper edge of the flange 2. To deliver one card. the button e is pressed downwardly and the delivery means 4 is slipped forwardly until the small. lug 4 engages the surface of the upper card C and directs it outwardly through theslit between the edge 1 and the upper edge of the flange 2 as shown in 1 and by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5 of the draw ings, the delivery member released, and the card may be drawn out without the lugs 1 scratchin the card. By simply pushing the delivery means backwardly without pressing downwardly, the lug portions 4 do not engage any cards and thereby do not scratch or mar the card. Another forward movement of the card delivery means will deliver an other card, and so on, until every card has been delivered from the case. It will be noted that the spring 4 may be left off the card delivery means and the lugs i beveled at their rear portions so that the card delivery means is pushed backwardly in relation to the cards, and the lugs will not tend to enthe cards, The action of the spring 3, pushing upwardly against the cards, will tend to hold the card delivery means 4 within the under recess portion of the calling card case and tends to keep the lugs or teeth 49 from engaging the calling cards C. The forward flanged portion 2, as was mentioned before, is curved at its upper surface. This is to permit free action of the delivery means when the cards are warped, and will prevent the edges of the warped cards from catching as the delivery means directs them outwardly, thereby preventing the cards from being marred or scratched by the lugs 4 Though we have shown and described a particular construction, combination and ar rangement of parts and portions, we do not wish to be limited to this particular construc tion, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of our invention, the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims,

thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A card holder of the class described, including a card case adapted to hold a number of cards and provided with an aperture in one end thereof adapted to permit the passage of one card at a time, resilient means for holding the upper card in alinement with said aperture, delivery means adapted to engage and deliver one card at a time, and spring means interposed between the outer surface of said casing and a portion of said delivery means tending to hold said delivery means out of engagement with said cards.

2. A deviceof the class described, includ ing a card case adapted to hold a number of cards, said card case provided with an aperture in one side thereof adapted to permit the passage of one card at a time, a resilient means adapted to aline a card with said aperture, delivery means slidahly mounted on-said card case and provided with lugs adapted to engage the surface of one of said cards and direct it through said aperture, and spring means interposed between the outer surface of said casing and a portion of said delivery means tending to hold said delivery means out of engagement with said cards.

3. A device of the class described, including a card case adapted to hold a number of cards, said card case provided with a slotted recessed portion in one side thereof, an aperture in another side thereof adapted to permit the passage of one card at a time, a resilient means adapted to aline a card with said aperture, delivery means slidably mounted in said slotted portion of said recess portion and provided with lugs adapted to engage the surface of one of said cards and direct it through said aperture, and spring means for holding said delivery means and said lug portion within said recess portion in a disengaged position with said cards, said spring means positioned between a handle of said delivery means and the upper outer surface of said recess portion.

4. A device of the class described, includ ing a card case, said card case being composed of two halves, means to facilitate quickly separating and securing said halves of said case, said halves of said case being constructed to form one with the other an aperture in one end thereof to permit the passage of one card at a time, resilient means secured to one-half of said case adapted to aline a card with said aperture, a slotted recess portion in the other half of said card case member, a shank means slidably mounted in said slotted recess portion, a handle secured to one end of said shank, a card delivery means secured to the other end of said shank, said card delivery means being yieldably mounted in said recess portion and provided with lugs which extend downwardly below the recess portion adapted to engage a'card 

